Monterey assistant city manager named

Monterey >> New City Manager Mike McCarthy has named 17-year city employee Hans Uslar as assistant city manager.

Uslar, who has been the interim assistant manager since January, brought "high energy and expertise" to the post immediately, McCarthy said.

Uslar has been instrumental in working on the city budget, conference center renovation and in overseeing the Plans and Public Works Department, he said.

Uslar began his city career in 1997 as a management analyst and was promoted through the Plans and Public Works Department. He played a key role in the 1998 base operations contract with the Presidio of Monterey, known as the "Monterey Model," a city media release said.

He has a master's degree in educational theory from the Armed Forces University in Hamburg, Germany, and a master's degree in management from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey.